Exchange

As you may have seen on Lockergnome (or heard from Chris Pirillo himself), SolarWinds just released another FREE tool — SolarWinds Exchange Monitor.
SolarWinds Exchange Monitor is a desktop dashboard that continuously monitors Microsoft Exchange servers to deliver real-time insight into Exchange services, mail queue sizes, and host server health. You will be able to:

Quickly identify [...]

This past weekend, I spent time setting up four new laptops for one of my business clients. Out of habit, one of the things I do when I get to the point of setting up e-mail is send test messages. I didn’t have any reason to believe that e-mail wouldn’t work, but I’m glad I [...]

Mendocino Software and Ontrack Data Recovery today announced an agreement to integrate Mendocino’s RecoveryONE “infinite snapshot engine” technology with Ontrack PowerControls mailbox recovery software, one of the industry’s leading Microsoft Exchange recovery solutions. This integration will bring Microsoft Exchange data recovery for mission-critical applications to an unprecedented level. The resulting product will be available [...]

Ever copied your boss in on something just to prove a point? Ever had he or she blind to the recipient so the recipient didn’t know you were proving said point? Ever been blind copied yourself? The world of corporate e-mail is a twisted existence filled with all the intrigues of a Medici-fueled Florence. And [...]

“Over the last few years, EMC has found itself controlling a number of the assets that medium-sized businesses might need to consolidate and manage their Microsoft Exchange-based storage. “We’re now a portfolio company through acquisitions,” says Todd Donaldson, EMC director of global solutions. “Our customers have asked us, how do we glue all this stuff [...]

“About a year after releasing Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft rolled out a free, automated best practice tool to help IT get the most out of the e-mail server and its two predecessors — Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5.
“We’ve developed a tool that basically gives them automated guidance. It’s like a Microsoft engineer in a [...]

GFI is launching a new version of its enterprise fax server, GFI FAXmaker. Version 12 merges GFI FAXmaker for Exchange - multiple Readers’ Choice Award winner - and GFI FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP into one product, GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP. GFI FAXmaker is now completely SMTP-based, and offers better email integration and improved scalability. Furthermore, the [...]

“If you don’t have the time, money or manpower to run your own messaging environment, it may be time to consider hosted Exchange…. The Gold’s Gym approach isn’t all that different from a hosted Exchange service provider. At the fitness center, as in the data center, you’ll find some expensive hardware. This is why it [...]

“Microsoft Exchange servers use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to communicate with each other and to send messages. SMTP is part of the Microsoft Windows Serverª 2003 or Windows 2000 Server operating system. This guide discusses basic components of transport and routing, explains how SMTP works in Exchange Server 2003, provides information on configuring a [...]

“In this article I will give you a step by step solution to deploy the Site Consolidation Tools for Exchange 2003 in Mixed Mode. Have you ever tried to move a Mailbox between different administrative Groups in Exchange 2003 Mixed Mode? It doesn’t work. What do you do when you are deploying an Upgrade from [...]

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My main server these days runs Small Business Server 2003, as well as Exchange, since it’s a part of the package. I haven’t yet installed Exchange 2003 SP1, so I’m glad to have caught this relevant update before moving to Exchange SP1. There are only a couple of minor glitches, but one is certainly notable. [...]